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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The rate for persons with a disability of unemployment is 9.2 percent for 2017. That is double the national rate.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2018
The rate for persons with a disability of unemployment is 9.2 percent for 2017. That is double the national rate.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights the high unemployment rate among disabled individuals.

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